Course: Physiology

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Course title Physiology
Course code KOS/P2FYP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Tošnerová Vlasta, doc. MUDr. CSc.
  • Blanař Vít, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Chovancová Kristýna, Mgr.
Course content
Elements of nutrition, metabolic demand of an organism. Malnutrition and immune response. Dietology and enteral nutrition. Parenteral nutrition, a diabetic patient on artificial nutrition. Obesity, weight loss, and antioxidants. Nutrition in pregnancy. Final test. Physiology of excretion. Physiology of momentum. Somatovisceral senses, senses. Autonomic nervous system. Biorhythms. Thermoregulation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with physiological functions of tissues, organs and mechanisms which apply in their control and homeostatic maintenance. Clinical nutrition is focused on metabolic changes in starvation, the role of nutrition on origin of civilization diseases, dietary guidelines and special procedures in applying artificial nutrition.
Students have theoretical knowledge of functions and regulations of individual systems, including essential nomenclature. Students are able to deduce manifestations of their disorders and causes of functional changes of the organism.
Prerequisites
unspecified
KOS/P1FYP

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Compliance with the written credit test. Pass the test.
Recommended literature
  • GROFOVÁ, Z. Nutriční podpora. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007.
  • LANGMEIER, M. a kol. Základy lékařské fyziologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2009.
  • MOUREK, J. Fyziologie. Učebnice pro studenty zdravotnických oborů. 2. doplněné vydání. Praha: Grada, 2012.
  • URBÁNEK, L.; URBÁNKOVÁ, P. Klinická výživa v současné praxi. 1. vyd. Brno: NCO NZO, 2008.
  • WARD, J.P.T., LINDEN, R.W.A. Základy fyziologie. Praha: Galén, 2010.


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